A backlight unit includes a central area and a peripheral area disposed outside the central area, the backlight unit includes a bottom chassis, a plurality of light sources disposed on a surface of the bottom chassis, a reflective layer disposed on the surface of the bottom chassis, where a plurality of light source insertion holes and a plurality of opening patterns are defined through the reflective layer, and a light correction material layer disposed between the bottom chassis and the reflective layer in the peripheral area, where the light source insertion holes expose the light sources, respectively, and the opening patterns are disposed in the peripheral area to expose at least a portion of the light correction material layer in a thickness direction.